News Analysis By Dahr Jamail MARFA, Texas, Feb 10, 2010 (IPS) – Army Specialist and Iraq war veteran Marc Hall was incarcerated by the U.S. Army in Georgia for recording a song that expresses his anger over the Army’s stop-loss policy. Now he waits to be shipped to Iraq to[Read More…]
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Park Forest Commission to Award Several for Humanitarian Efforts
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations will be celebrating Black History Month on Saturday, February 27, 2010. This year’s theme is entitled: “Michael Jackson: The Humanitarian & Musical Genius”. This celebration will be located at the Freedom Hall-Nathan Manilow Theatre, 410 Lakewood Blvd., in DownTown Park[Read More…]
FBI: Virginia Resident Pleads Guilty to Bribing Former Panamanian Government Officials in Connection with Maritime Contract
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– A Virginia resident pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a conspiracy to pay bribes to former Panamanian government officials, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia; John Perren, Acting Assistant[Read More…]
Eight PSC Students Featured In Union Street Gallery Exhibit
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A picture is worth a thousand words. Prairie State College (PSC) student Patricia Sharkey would agree. She recently won second place at the Union Street Gallery exhibit, “The Positive Image”, for her photograph, Misty Mountain NW Oregon. While the image features a sunset over the mountains in[Read More…]
Marian Speech Wins Thornridge IHSA Regional
The winning Marian Catholic speech team. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Performance in the Round leads nine first-place finishes Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Led by a first place in Performance in the Round and eight other individual champions, Marian Catholic High School’s Speech Team scored 74 points to capture first place in the Thornridge[Read More…]
Palin Headlines Birther Conference; Press Pretends Not To Notice
Commentary by Eric Boehlert If you don’t think there’s a media double standard that favors Republicans over Democrats, then let’s play a game of what-if. What if, in 2006, at Yearly Kos, the first annual convention of liberal bloggers and their readers, organizers shelled out $100,000 for former Vice President[Read More…]
NAACP Calls for End to Racial Disparities in Sentencing
Commentary An open letter from Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP: A bill to end major racial and ethnic disparities in drug sentencing is on the move in the Senate, and we need your help to pass it. You may already know that there is an enormous[Read More…]
Haiti President: Quake Death Toll At 270,000
Death Count 40,000 More Than Government Report From Tuesday From WTAE Pittsburgh: Haiti’s president said the government has buried 270,000 bodies in mass graves since an earthquake struck a month ago. A statement from Rene Preval’s office in Port-au-Prince said Wednesday that the president gave the new figure during a[Read More…]
U.S. Cellular Interrupts St. Liborius School Dodge Ball Tournament with $100,000 Surprise
Students at St. Liborius school cheer as they learn their school won $100,000 from U.S. Cellular. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) St. Liborius School Named Second Champion in “Calling All Communities” Campaign Crete, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A dodge ball tournament turned into a $100,000 celebration this morning at St. Liborius School in Crete. Seventy-five U.S.[Read More…]
Providence Journal Says Time to Decriminalize Marijuana
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Ongoing efforts to reform marijuana laws in Rhode Island received a huge endorsement today from the state’s largest newspaper. In this editorial, the Providence Journal calls for the decriminalization of marijuana, writing that “[t]he pursuit of nonviolent marijuana users puts enormous strain on the justice system, feeds corruption[Read More…]
